Paleoconservatism
Paleoconservatism is an American tradition emphasising tradition, regional and local identity, Christian heritage, limited government, restrictions on immigration, protectionism and a non-interventionist foreign policy.
- Local and regional communities matter more than national or global ones.
- Foreign interventions and free trade weaken the nation.
- Immigration should be sharply restricted to protect cultural continuity.
The term arose in the 1980s among American conservatives, such as Russell Kirk, M. E. Bradford, Samuel Francis and Pat Buchanan, who opposed neoconservatives. It drew on earlier traditions, including the Old Right that opposed the New Deal and intervention in the Second World War.
Critics accuse parts of the movement of nativism and racial nationalism. Free-market conservatives reject its protectionism, and neoconservatives its isolationism.
Countries and historical regimes whose 12-axis profile is closer to Paleoconservatism than to any other ideology in the test.
Historical regimes
Paleoconservatism is also the second-closest ideology for: Tokugawa Japan.
Method: each ideology is placed at a typical position on the 12 axes, scored from 0 to 100 toward the first pole. Ranks compare it with the other 45 ideologies; matches are 100 minus the average distance across all axes. The positions are our own calibration, not taken from any third-party source.